Description
Book SynopsisLearn how to design discipline-specific literacy instruction that increases academic engagement and supports college and career readiness. This practical resource offers contexts and strategies for addressing a fundamental question that teachers bring to their work with middle and high school learners.
Trade Review"Gabriel (Univ. of Connecticut) supplies secondary-education graduate students with a degree of meta-discursive awareness to enable them to function in the classroom with the changing demands of reading, writing, and communication. The conclusion provides a good summary of the implications of disciplinary literacy."—CHOICE
Table of Contents
- Contents (Tentative)
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Overview
- Conclusion
- 1. What Is Disciplinary Literacy?
- Why Build Disciplinary Literacy?
- What Does Disciplinary Literacy Do for Students?
- Is Disciplinary Literacy Only for Academic Disciplines?
- Why Should Teachers Learn about Disciplinary Literacies?
- Why Is Disciplinary Literacy so Important?
- I Don't Remember being Taught This Way, so Why Should I Teach This Way?
- The Goal of Disciplinary Literacy
- Questions for Discussion
- 2. Pedagogy and Processes for Literacy Development
- Pedagogy
- Doing the Work of the Discipline
- Processes for Literacy Development
- Understanding Text Complexity
- Questions for Discussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- 3. Doing the Discipline
- Routines and Practices
- Why Disciplines Are Not Enough
- Discourse Follows Communities
- Resources for Further Reading
- 4. Text Roundup
- Examining Routines
- Unlocking Habits of Mind
- Activity Guide: Text Roundup
- Questions for Duscussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- 5. Mentor Texts
- Knowing What to Notice
- Knowing What to Teach
- How to Write From a Mentor Text
- Activity Guide
- Discussion Questions
- 6. The Expert Interview
- Purposes for Expert Interviews
- Evaluation
- Questions for Discussions
- Resources for Further Reading
- 7. The Oak Tree Activity
- A "Fine" Example
- Activity Guide
- Examples
- Evaluation
- Questions for Discussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- 8. Text Set Construction
- Making a Text Set
- Activity Guide
- Evaluation
- Questions for Discussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- 9. Text-Dependent Questions
- A Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
- Activity Guide
- Evaluation
- Questions for Discussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- 10. Learning From Non-Print-Based Texts
- Hierarchies of Representation
- Teaching the Reading of Non-Print-Based Texts
- Activity Guide
- Evaluation
- Questions for Discussion
- Resources for Further Reading
- Chapter 11: Task Analysis and Enhancement
- Starting With a Pre-Planned Lesson or Activity
- Starting With a Text
- Knowing Where Literate Practices Go
- Purpose and Process
- Activity Guide
- Evaluation
- Discussion Questions
- Resources for Further Reading
- Conclusion: Doing the Discipline
- Preparing Students for the Work of Their Lives
- Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
- About the Author
